West Craven High School
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Looking beyond West Craven
This area of the website is designed to support your next steps in education, training or work place experiences after West Craven.
We want to ensure that all students feel fully supported and informed in making their next steps beyond Year 11 and any queries are speedily resolved.
The National Careers Service can give lots of information and is available to help via telephone or webchat: https://nationalcareers.service.gov.uk
Future U can give you information about opportunities in Lancashire: https://lancashirefutureu.org.uk
Most colleges can take applications and some even offer short courses that start at different times throughout the year. They offer open evenings throughout the academic year, or you can call to explore the possible routes and courses. Here is the contact information for the ones most chosen by our students:
https://ncc.eastlancslearning.ac.uk/ or call 01282 440 200
https://arc.eastlancslearning.ac.uk/ or call 01254 389 933
https://www.burnley.ac.uk or call 01282 733373
https://www.craven-college.ac.uk or call 01756 791411
https://www.myerscough.ac.uk or call 01995 642222
Colleges are also able to make links with employers for Apprenticeships, but there are also specialist Training Providers that do this and short Traineeships programmes to help you prepare for full time employment:
North Lancs Training Group https://www.nltg.co.uk or call 01254 395355
Training 2000 https://www.training2000.co.uk or call 01254 54659
Look for Apprenticeship vacancies on: https://www.gov.uk/apply-apprenticeship
Employability and well-being support for 16-24-year olds is offered at: https://activelancashire.org.uk/
Princes Trust offer 12 week programmes to support 16-25 year olds in gaining confidence and skills: https://www.princes-trust.org.uk/help-for-young-people/get-job/boost-your-confidence
And don’t forget the advice and resources available on the Barclays LifeSkills website to build a CV, practise interview skills and is for everyone from 14+: https://barclayslifeskills.com
For exploring courses available at universities: www.ucas.com
Advice on writing a personal statement for university applications: https://www.prospects.ac.uk/applying-for-university/getting-into-university/personal-statements-for-university-applications
To improve employability or transferrable skills on your mobile phone or computer: https://www.skillsbuilder.org/about-launchpad
Improve your employment prospects, gain skills and increase self confidence by volunteering. Contact a local firm, many of whom would be happy to support this or look at all the advice on: https://www.prospects.ac.uk
Careers Support and Labour Market Intelligence
Please click here to view the Lancashire Careers Hub's Career Guide for Parents and Carers.
The following links provide information on Labour Market Intelligence which is data related to the job market which helps to inform decisions about employment, workforce planning and economic strategies.